News from May 2017
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ADAM BOGUSKI, 44, of Stamford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to one year of probation for killing red-tailed hawks and Cooper’s hawks. Judge Chatigny also ordered BOGUSKI to pay a $250 fine and perform 60 hours of community service at a local animal shelter.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Petersburg, West Virginia, man was indicted by a grand jury today on charges of methamphetamine distribution and illegal possession of a firearm, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: A jury convicted former physician Richard Rydze on all 180 charged counts, including conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids, human growth hormone, oxycodone and OxyContin, said David A. Sierleja, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Cleveland office.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Jeffrey Turns, age 33, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on May 1, 2017, before United States District Court Judge John E. Jones, III, to 132 months’ imprisonment for committing two bank robberies and federal firearms charges.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Allegheny County resident pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to a charge of harboring illegal aliens, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: In Austin today, a federal grand jury returned an indictment against 50-year-old Steven Thomas Boehle for possession of a firearm by a prohibited person announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr.; and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: Patchogue, NY - The Fire Island Lighthouse Preservation Society will host Bill Bleyer this Saturday, May 6 at 1:00 p.m. to highlight the author's new book, Fire Island Lighthouse: Long Island's Welcoming Beacon. The special lecture and book signing will take place at 1:00 pm at the Fire Island Lighthouse Fresnel Lens Building.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Miguel Molina, 36, of Carlsbad, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 37 months in prison for unlawfully possessing a firearm and ammunition. Molina will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.
By Homeland Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Federal agents arrested a Fountain Valley man Tuesday on federal smuggling charges, alleging he illegally brought 93 Asian songbirds to the United States on a flight from Vietnam March 24 - most of which died in transit or soon after arriving at Los Angeles International Airport.
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON, Pa. - Steamtown National Historic Site, downtown Scranton, proudly announces that Volunteer-in-Park (VIP) Aiden Schafer is the recipient of a prestigious National Park Service (NPS) George and Helen Hartzog Award for Outstanding Volunteer Service. The award, presented annually in six categories...
By State Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: Governor Branstad, it is a pleasure to welcome you here today as our nominee to be the next ambassador to China.
By EPA Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) offered the following remarks at a Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing titled, “Combating Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in Medicaid’s Personal Care Services Program:"
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 34-year-old Kirbyville, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: Contact: Public Information Officer. (215) 852-8740. PHILADELPHIA - Special Agent-in-Charge Gary Tuggle of DEA’s Philadelphia Field Division announced today that 42,950.43 pounds of prescription drugs were collected across Pennsylvania and Delaware by DEA and its partner agencies during the...
By Commerce Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today held a hearing examining four bills consistent with the committee’s bipartisan efforts to support the review and regulation of medical devices as part of the FDA user fee reauthorization process.
By DOE Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing examining waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicaid’s Personal Care Services (PCS) program. In recent months, both the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector...
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: Defendants to be Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative Which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH A citizen of Mexico who was found by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) pled guilty and has been sentenced in federal court to time served subject to deportation on his conviction of Illegal Reentry After Deportation, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By US DOT Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, led his colleagues in calling for Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt to address the apparent conflict of interest regarding his participation in the review ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina announced that today in federal court, Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced alicia johnson jenkins, 35, of Kinston, to 60 months imprisonment followed by 3 years of supervised released...
